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ghettospeak en · NOUN

Etymology

From ghetto + -speak.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) The dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.
    • He also used the ghettospeak of low-income black youth to reach out to an alienated segment of society in a way that they could understand and accept. 2018, Daniel E. Crowe, Prophets of Rage, page 209:

Relateds

African-American Vernacular English